2/7/11

well, its monday.  a fantastic one.  lunch went off without a hitch (bbq chicken, key west veggies and garlic toast).  seeing that my team lost last night and basically HANDED the packers the game, i felt i (and all steeler fans nationwide) were worthy of a nice, happy monday. 
anywho...wv tourism at the capitol today so lots of interesting people there and great displays.  met some people from berkeley springs, parkersburg, logan, greenbrier co, pocahontas co. and my faves, the ladies from fayetteville (one of whom owns the ice cream store).  i was telling them how much i enjoyed visiting the historic fayetteville theater. 
best story of the day: some of my staff prepped yesterday afternoon and saw a ghost/dark figure walking down the backside of the kitchen.  these are accounts from GROWN men...so fingers crossed, i'm going to see this ghost someday, too.   peyton and i had to stay to serve the college interns dinner tonight and don't think i was trying my best to see it!
SANDWICH OF THE WEEK:
classic reuben- not a surprise but just delicious when you don't take any shortcuts...
4-5 oz corned beef, chopped fine and sauteed.  top with FRESH sauerkraut (don't buy that cheapie canned funk), 1000 island dressing (a nice brand, not the cheapie), swiss cheese (again, repeat) and marbled rye bread.  put in panini press for about 2 minutes.   delicious! (i think we sold about 40 today and this is our most expensive item, the featured sandwich of the week.

FACT: 
majority of chain restaurants (and i would guess nearly all where we live) buy all food ingredients frozen and already prepared...they simply heat them up.  there are some things i will take shortcuts on, due to the high quantity being served out of the capitol, but there are many things that MUST be homemade regardless.  we offer fresh fruit cobblers, egg salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, bleu cheese dressing, cocktail sauce, tartar sauce, vinaigrettes (other than balsamic in 1.5 oz portions), chili, some soups, quiche, muffins, and more.   try us...fresh and delicious...and not filled with high sugar, cheap ingredients.   when dining out, look for local restaurants that are willing to spend the time and money preparing your food fresh and healthy rather than just buying the cheapest and most processed products to feed you.